You are Gods ugly duckling!

I read an article this week commenting on the "fact" that all newborns are ugly. That is to everyone except for the newborns parents, of course. No matter how cradle cap, baby acne, chubby,drooly or bald YOUR baby is.... he/she is YOUR baby and your love for them is hard to put into words! When my sweet baby Joshy was born he was prefect from the start and no one could/would tell me or my husband different :)
God feels the same about us! He is not naive to our flaws, instead he made a wonderful plan, an ultimate sacrifice to bring us closer to Him once again.
God doesn't look down from Heaven and see a lump of people, he sees YOU!

Hebrews 10:14 NIV

For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

Can you view yourself as Gods precious newborn?

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Future Glory

Lately I have been easily discouraged about my present situations...I try to stay positive and take my thoughts captive #lifegroup And as we all know this is harder then it sounds!

So, I wanted to share what God has been teaching me through this time. 

Romans 8 talks about living in the Spirit, it shows us that our present state is not worth comparing to the future glory ahead of us. We share in the sufferings that we may also share in HIS GLORY. There is nothing that could be worth more. And God works for the good of those who love him.

Ecclesiastes 3 A time for everything-

vs 11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end. 

vs 22 ...For who can bring him to see what will happen after him?

Isaiah 55:9 As the heavens are higher then the earth, so are my ways higher then your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Everything has a season... every trial we face has a season, it comes and it goes. What is important is how we face that trial, what our attitude is like in our suffering.

Whenever I start to get discouraged I think about my future Glory, HIS Glory and I am encouraged. His will for me is far better then my plan. It is a part of life to have trials and sufferings, and I need to use it as a time to learn, to grow deeper in him, it then becomes easier for me to trust him to lean on him.

I pray that you too are encouraged and that you can run to a lovely amazing Father who is ready to take on your every need! His arms are open as he waits patiently for us to turn from our plans and run to him!

Tree Hugger! Part Two!

Last time we talked about being a healthy/prosperous tree. Yay! We looked at Psalm 1:3 (NIV)
That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither—
whatever they do prospers.
A healthy/prosperous tree yields the right fruit in the right season, and has beautiful green leaves! But this tree did not magically become so healthy/Strong/prosperous by accident... The verse gives a hint as to why this is a successful tree... see it? It is planted by the streams of water! What does that mean? Well for one, a stream is always flowing... it brings in fresh, cool, clean water. The heathly/prosperous tree is not planted by a stagnant pond, or in the middle of a parking lot. Okay, okay... I think we get the tree analogy...but what about the streams of water? To understand that more let's read the beginning again: it says "That person". Okay, that didn't help...what person? Great question! Let read the previous verse...Psalm 1:2 (NIV)
but whose delight is in the law of the Lord,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
The stream is a constant flow of the word of God! This is the key to producing fruit, the right fruit... the key to the beautiful green leaves and the key to being that healthy/prosperous tree!
The plant's roots can drink in the fresh water and the tree does so continuously! Never do the roots pull themselves out and say..."okay I got my fill stream you can stop flowing" But we say that to God sometimes don't we. I know I do it by hitting the snooze button instead of getting up to drink in his word. I do it by pulling my roots out and letting the bugs of bitterness, or fear or anger eat at them. Take today to evaluate your the stream you are drinking from, who or what is feeding your roots. Pray that God will open your eyes to the areas that need washing by the stream ( Gods stream ) in your life! :)

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